Skills
Inject reusable domain expertise into your agents with SKILL.md instruction packs.
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Skills are reusable SKILL.md instruction packs that give your agents domain expertise on demand. Sypha ships built-in skills, and you can add your own.
Where skills live
Project skills
.sypha/skills/<name>/SKILL.md — checked into your repo, shared with the team.
(.claude/skills/… is also picked up automatically.)
Global skills
~/.config/sypha/skills/<name>/SKILL.md — available across all your projects.
(~/.claude/skills/… is also picked up automatically.)
Adding a skill
- Create the folder and a
SKILL.mdfile. - Put the name and description in the front-matter, and the instructions in the body.
- Run
/reload-skills— no restart needed.
---
name: pdf-forms
description: Fill and validate PDF form fields.
---
When asked to work with PDF forms, use the pdftk conventions below…
Skills are hot-reloaded — run
/reload-skills and the new skill is available immediately.